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Healers Get Vulnerable
by Annie Schuessler
Healers are often drawn to this work because of their own histories and emotional pain. the only way to thrive and avoid burnout while we help others heal is to do our own healing. On this podcast, Annie Schuessler-Zam talks to all kinds of healers as they share vulnerable stories about pain, healing and growth.
Episodes
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Letting Go Of Ego And Developing Mediumship With Dana Spaeth-Williams
A couple of episodes ago I talked to Maegan Megginson about tapping into her psychic abilities. Some of you have told me how much you loved hearing that conversation, and recognized yourselves in Meagan's story. Today I'm talking to another healer who's in mentorship developing her relationship…
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Healing Birth Trauma With Alicia Taverner
My friend Alicia is opening up about healing the traumas she experienced giving birth. You'll hear how these painful experiences opened her up to things she never would have expected, like psychedelics and listening to her ancestors. Alicia Taverner, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist in Southern...
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Nurturing Psychic Gifts With Maegan Megginson
My friend Maegan has been a successful couples therapist, group practice owner and business coach. In this conversation she opens up about tapping into her psychic gifts, even though at one point she would have said "no way" about that possibility. Maegan Megginson is a spiritual strategist and...
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Getting Sober Around Money With Cody Cook-Parrott
When Cody Cook-Parrott showed up for this conversation, I assumed they were about to talk about leaving social media. I had just finished their book The Practice Of Attention, Cultivating Presence In A Distracted World. I had been through my own leaving social media journey, and found their voice...
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I'm The One I Was Waiting For with Lawanda Jackson
Relationships bring out our unhealed wounds. My guest today shares how painful relationships used to be for her, and a big moment that helped her start healing. Lawanda Jackson is a licensed somatic therapist and the co-founder of Light Heart Therapy along with her wife Phoenix Jackson. She's...
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The Power Of Brainspotting With Dr. Mercedes Samudio
Every time I've talked to Mercedes Samudio, something has happened to my nervous system that was just total trust. I feel her integrity and vulnerability and I walk away feeling inspired. After this particular interview, I felt like everyone I know should hire her and get trauma healing from her.…
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Poetry As Healing And NEVER Getting Off The Growth Train With Emily G Barrett
New Workshop! Feel More Regulated In Your Relationship For folks who sometimes feel crazy or dysregulated in our relationships. April 17th, 2026 —> Get on the waitlist. Emily got into therapy at age 27 when everything on the outside was looking good, but she was feeling miserable. Her therapist...
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Healing Childhood Wounds In MDMA Assisted Therapy With Wil Fisher
In this conversation, my guest talks about two MDMA assisted therapy journeys in which he engaged in healing childhood wounds, fear of death, and opening up to more aliveness. You're going to love his playfulness, his depth, and his expansiveness. Wil Fisher is the host of the podcast Queerly...
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A Couples Therapist In Couples Therapy With Tonya Lester
Tonya Lester, LCSW, is the author of Push Back: Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself and a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist and writer. Her essay, "Couples Therapist, Heal Thyself" was published in the Modern Love column in The New York Times, and she has been writing the…
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A Profound Group Psilocybin Ceremony | Cheryl Tien
My guest today did some significant healing at a psilocybin ceremony at a retreat center in Mexico. She takes us there and explains why she was able to heal in that environment in ways she hadn't before. You'll also hear how and why she does psychedelic work as a therapist. Dr. Cheryl Tien, PsyD,...
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Unapologetic Aging With Deb Benfield
Deb Benfield has helped hundreds of women heal their relationship with food, eating, and their bodies in her 35-year career as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She is a needed expert at the cross section of pro-aging and body liberation. Her new book, Unapologetic Aging, teaches us to…
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IFS Changed My Personality with Alexis Roberson
Before I jump in I want to invite you to a couple of things. If you've gone low contact or no contact with a parent or caregiver, this time of year can bring up a lot. I'm hosting a workshop for folks who are estranged from a parent or caregiver and want tools and support in creating your most...
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Estrangement And Authenticity with Annie Schuessler-Zam
This podcast is about therapists and healers doing their own healing work. So now it's my turn to talk about some of my healing. Sarah Buino, host and creator of the podcast Conversations with a Wounded Healer interviewed me recently, and I'm sharing that conversation with you. I love the…
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Finding Somatics And Healing Emotional Neglect With Sonya Brewer
Sonya Brewer is a trauma specialist and relationship expert who specializes in creative life and relationship design for overachieving trauma survivors and their partners. She helps trauma survivors feel more alive, connected and authentic so they can create the lives and relationships they truly...
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It Wasn't Only Back Pain: How Helen Beynon Found Somatic Experiencing And IFS
You're going to hear some courageous and vulnerable stuff right now. My guest today is a therapist who uses two methods to help her clients heal trauma. Her own healing journey started in an unexpected way. Helen Beynon is a somatic therapist and IFS-informed practitioner. She loves working with...
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Healing Childhood Trauma And Finding Her Super Gay Self with Samantha Fox
Before I jump in, I want to share a workshop I'll be running for people who are estranged or distant from their parent or caregiver and are needing support while they work to create a beautiful life and heal. This is a judgment free zone where you'll be with people who get it, and you'll learn...
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How Grief Changed Her Path (IFS, Brainspotting & Energy Healing) with Jaclyn Tyson
This podcast is changing because my work is changing! I'm still offering business coaching, and you can find out how I help therapists and healers with their businesses at rebeltherapist.me. AND I've stepped back into working with clients as a healer. I have been on a HUGE healing journey of my…
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A Program For People With Ancestral Ties To The Nazi Regime with Iris Brilliant and Justine Epstein
My 2 guests today created and will co-facilitate The Hour Before Dawn A Program for Inheritors of Wealth with Family Ties to the Nazi Regime who want to take ancestral responsibility and create a more just world. (https://www.irisbrilliant.com/the-hour-before-dawn) Iris Brilliant is a money coach...
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Create Content That Builds Your Audience
I've been regularly creating content to build and nurture my audience for 10 years now. This strategy has worked really well for me. It's been a huge part of how I've drawn people to my work and built their trust. My content has also helped thousands of people who I'll never have the pleasure of...
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A Group Process For Ancestral Healing | Judy Hu
When you engage in your own healing, how does your work change? Today I'm talking to Judy Hu. They've created a group process to alchemize generational trauma, and in this episode she talks all about her own path to healing and finding this way of working. They also guide me through an unexpected...
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Real Advice About Creating Your Own Program: An Open Coaching Call
Before I share the replay of this open coaching call I want to tell you… Wednesday, April 2nd is the last day to sign up for Create Your Program in 2025. Do you have a sense of what having your own course or program could do for your career? If you've been sitting on an idea for a while, I want…
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Creating and Filling A Program About Shame | Tatra De La Rosa
Got shame? When shame shows up, it's overwhelming and contagious. My guest has created a process to help therapists transform shame with their clients. You're about to hear how she created her program, how her process works, and how she transformed her own shame in the process of building her...
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Returning To Your Program After Time Away | Kate Ahl
Sometimes you have to unexpectedly step away from your business. When you return, it's really helpful to have a program you've created that you can dive back into. Having your own program separate from your private practice gives you a way to serve people and make money from anywhere, and you…
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Visibility And Vulnerability With José Aleman
Pivoting to work beyond private practice usually means getting more visible. And getting more visible can bring up a lot of vulnerability for people, especially people who are therapists. Today's guest is putting himself out there in new ways, and finding that while he grows his audience, he also...
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Create Your Program AND Write Your Book | Dr. Christen Mullane
Here's a really cool idea: create a program that helps your write your book. When you create a program you get to take your best ideas, turn them into a clear process, AND help a group of people in real time. You get feedback and make adjustments along the way so that your process gets even…
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Numbers to track and ignore
We're out of balance with how much of our brain energy we give to certain numbers. Like when this happens in my brain: "How many likes did I get for that post?" A few minutes later…"How about now?" Not useful. I want the numbers I track and encourage my clients and listeners to track to be highly...
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A Program About Women's Desire | Dr. Jenn Kennedy
Today's guest is a grad of CYP. If you want this to be the year you finally launch your course or make a pivot to coaching, do what she did. Get my support in a step-by-step process to create and launch it. Head over to https://rebeltherapist.me/. Don't know what your topic will be? No idea where...
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How To Get Ready For A Project That Matters
I met recently with a group of therapsits and healers who are getting ready to create high quality and life changing courses, workshops and programs. Each of them has a beautiful and unique glimmer of what they will create and they've got so much love for the people they're creating for. Each...
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Creating The Program You Needed
Join me for my annual free planning workshop: Plan Your Aligned Year. December 10th 11 am to 12:30 pm PT https://rebeltherapist.me/plan I take therapists and healers through a process to create their own courses and programs. That's my whole job. When I recently got inspired to create a program...
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Real Advice About Making Money With Your Own Course Or Program: Open Coaching Call Replay
Wednesday, November 20th is the last day to sign up for early access to create your program. Do you have a sense of what having your own course or program could do for your career? If you've been sitting on an idea for a while, I want to invite you to create your program with me. This is the...
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How Can I Run Great Group Calls?
Today I'm talking about how to run engaging and effective group calls in your signature program, rather than calls that leave people bored or frustrated or just not showing up. When I say PROGRAM, I'm talking about a niched, outcome oriented, structured container. Your program might be a…
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Ask Annie: Are People Just Looking For A Quick Fix? I Don't Offer That!
The fact that you are providing a real and nuanced process rather than a quick fix is actually not a problem. It's how you're going to attract the right folks to your work. Therapists and healers work with me to create high quality, niched programs beyond private practice. The people I work with...
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Why It's NOT Too Late To Create Your Program
If you want to work in a different way, but you feel like maybe it's too late to start your own signature program or you regret not starting sooner, this episode is for you. In the last couple of years I have done a LOT of things that I had thought maybe it was too late to do. So I feel you. One…
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When You Feel Resistance
I help therapists and healers who have private practices to add a second part to their business models. I show you how to create a niched and outcome based program that you can get known for and offer to people all over the world. Learn more about that and get on the notification list at...
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Stop Reactive Marketing
I help therapists and healers who have private practices to add a second part to their business models. I show you how to create a niched and outcome based program that you can offer to people all over the world. Learn more and get on the waitlist at https://rebeltherapist.me/create. I would love...
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Two Sisters Create A Program With Kaitlyn & Meghann Ellis
I love encouraging healers and therapists to think deeply and creatively about what their work could look like. I often say: Step out of default thinking for a moment and give yourself permission to dream into what you want to create. Who are you serving? How are you working with them? What work…
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Is It OK To Do Less Long-Term Work?
This is a short episode and it's really about you giving yourself permission to do the work that is going to feel most joyful and sustainable for you. I'm going to talk about two different roles we might choose for ourselves as therapists, healers and coaches: A catalyst who helps people through…
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A Program For Moms With ADHD | Robin Gibler
Some people create the program they needed for themself. As you move through a challenging situation and you grow from it, learn about yourself, and find community, you realize: "This did not need to be QUITE this hard! I want to create a process or a container to help people move through this…
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Do Less Emotional Labor In Your Business
At first this will seem like a story about my online yoga instructor. But it's really a story about making your business more sustainable by stopping unnecessary and exhausting emotional labor. First of all, I know what you're thinking. It's so unexpected to hear about a 52-year-old white woman...
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Neurodivergence And Liberation In Your Business With Jennifer Alumbaugh
Join me for a Free Open Coaching Call on Thursday, May 9th at 11 am PT. A recording will be available if you sign up. Grab your seat at https://rebeltherapist.me/question. Do you identify with the word neurodivergent? Or not? Either way, stay with us. In today's episode we're talking about…
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The Most Important Marketing Strategy (It Doesn't Require Social Media)
Today I'm talking about the most effective way to fill a signature program beyond private practice: Creating and nurturing Ideal Referral Partnerships. If I were to coach my clients to do only ONE kind of marketing, this would be it. Another word for this is networking. You're probably already...
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The Email You're Afraid Of Getting
If you fear bothering people with your marketing, this is for you. I recently got the worst email I've opened in over a year. I'm gonna share the actual email with you and I'm gonna share my internal reactions and the decisions I made after. In the context of life, this email is really NOT that…
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Getting Over The Finish Line With Hard & Important Stuff
I've had a hard time figuring out how to talk to you about this. I never want to be a dream killer. Or a bummer. If you're thinking of creating and launching a signature program, I want you to do it. AND I'm gonna talk about one of the hardest parts of that today. Then I'll talk about how to…
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A Program Based On Art Journaling With Lea Seigen Shinraku
Lea had been helping people with self-compassion for years, but when she started using art journaling in her program, it came together in a more powerful way. Now she teaches art journaling in every session of her signature program, Everyday Self-Compassion. Once she integrated this practice into...
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A Thriving Grief Program With Amy Hyun Swart
Do you ever dream of creating a program you'll love running over and over again? My guest Amy has run her program, Grief Medicine, at least 9 times now. Sometimes people wonder if focusing on grief brings her down, but you're going to hear why working with folks around their grief brings her...
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The Least Stressful Way To Start A Group Program
Today I'm gonna talk about one of the fastest and least stressful ways to start a group program. Let's say you're excited to run a signature program beyond your private practice, and you know you want it to be a small group. I relate. I LOVE running groups. Just a few reasons you might be in love...
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Don't Double Your Therapy Sessions
Maybe you plan to double or significantly increase your income this year. If you're in private practice, you might look at the numbers and think you should double your sessions. And you totally could. People are out there looking for a therapist exactly like you. You might feel like adding…
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Be Willing To Do These Three Things For A Successful Signature Program
As this episode goes live, registration for Create Your Program is open. This is my process to help you create and launch your signature program beyond private practice. If you'd like to start growing another part of your business and make money in a new way, this is the best time to jump into...
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How I Shrunk My Therapy Practice And Built A Signature Coaching Program with Samantha Fox
Samantha has shrunk her therapy practice way down and is no longer taking new therapy clients. She's delighted that her business has transitioned to mostly her coaching programs. She's found that she's got abundant energy and love for serving in this way. AND…Samantha has discovered that even the...
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Creating A Badass Group Program with Sonya Brewer (Encore)
We're sharing one of our favorite episodes as an encore this week. How do you create and fill a group program? How do you navigate a full therapy practice at the same time? We're about to go behind the scenes and find out exactly how my guest has done it. Meet Sonya Brewer, a trauma specialist…
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Healers are often drawn to this work because of their own histories and emotional pain. the only way to thrive and avoid burnout while we help others heal is to do our own healing. On this podcast, Annie Schuessler-Zam talks to all kinds of healers as they share vulnerable stories about pain, healing and growth.
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Healers are often drawn to this work because of their own histories and emotional pain. the only way to thrive and avoid burnout while we help others heal is to do our own healing. On this podcast, Annie Schuessler-Zam talks to all kinds of healers as they share vulnerable stories about pain,...
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